Climberchic mentioned in another thread that once she starts working on a boulder problem, she can't do anything else until she sends it. That's pretty much me too. I spent all summer working a project that was to be my first 5.12b. I worked this route up to three days a week for three months and never got past the one-fall-at-the-crux stage. So, question: What is the longest time you've worked, or the most attempts you've made, on a route or boulder problem?

I once spent like 45 minutes trying to make this one move. As a general rule of thumb, I like to climb high and often with smooth moves within my limits rather than spending too much time working a particularly difficult section.

You know I never spend too much time on one specific route or problem. I guess I have a short attention span. Usually if I spend more than an hour trying I will get too frustrated. I also don't like wasting time on one thing because I ussually like to do a lot when I am out climbing. Some times I will try it one day and wont come back to it for a while. If I get to where I can't do a route. I spend that day just figureing out the moves. Then I go home. The next time I try it I try to send it. If that fails I work on linking it. Then the next time I go out I usually send it. I can usually only do a hard route when I am fresh. So I will do it after a warm up. But to answer the question I don't like to obsess over a route because I have better chance of doing it when the time is right and I feel good about it. Looking at it and working it every day just makes it worse for me.